The fairy-tale romance of Prince Harry & Meghan Markle

SplashJust when we thought this week couldn't get any better, news breaks that Prince Harry and Meghan Marklehave officially gotten engaged! The gorgeous and soon-to-be royal couple have been dating for more than a year now, so it was only a matter of time. The news was confirmed via Twitter and we are beyond hyped for this wedding!

We did some digging up on this super hot and badass couple and found everything there is to know about them. Check it out!

Prince Harry is the younger son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana. 1

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He’s known as one of the, if not, the most popular members of the British royal family. He developed a reputation as the bad boy in the fam but has since dedicated his life to philanthropy (much like his late mother) and serving and helping combat veterans.

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Meghan Markle is an actress. 2

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Born and raised in California, Megan is an actress best known for her role in Suits, where she played a lawyer named Rachel Zane.

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She’s black and it’s relevant. 3

Born to an African-American mother and white father in Los Angeles, Meghan is biracial. It would make her the first mixed-race person in the royal palace. She wrote a story for Elle on how she found her voice as a mixed-race woman. "While my mixed heritage may have created a grey area surrounding my self-identification, keeping me with a foot on both sides of the fence, I have come to embrace that. To say who I am, to share where I’m from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident mixed-race woman,” she wrote.

Media coverage of the two has been overwhelming. 9

In September they made their first public appearance since confirming their relationship. 10

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The two were spotted holding hands at a wheelchair tennis event.

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They are crazy about each other. 11

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"We’re a couple,” she confirmed in her cover story for Vanity Fair’s September 2017 issue. "We’re in love. I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time.”

Meghan is a yogi. 15

Meghan is a philanthropist. 16

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In her Elle essay, she talks about how she’s use her celebrity to help her get involved in important social issues. She currently serves as a global ambassador for World Vision and is an advocate for U.N. Women. "The moment Suits became successful and I realized people (especially young girls) were listening to what I had to say, I knew I needed to be saying something of value."

Prince Harry dated a lot of women including pop star Ellie Goulding right before Meghan. 19

Meghan's engagement ring is everything. 20

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Apparently the center stone comes from Botswana and features two smaller diamonds that once belonged to Prince Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana. How sweet is that? As for the gold band, it was actually made by Cleave and Company, which happens to be the queen’s dealer.